1919-10-13 — Page 9

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THE CADETS.

AQUATIC SPORTS.

Much interest was shown in the aquatic sports meeting held In connection with the Cadet Coy., Hongkong Defence Corps, at the VRC. on Saturday after- Amongst the large attendance were, His Excellency the Governor, Captain Warner (H.E. Private Secretary). Cap- tain McGrath (H.E's Aide-de- Camp), the Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, C.M.G., Major Armstrong Captain Stewart and Lieutenant Brawn (Officer Commanding the Cadets). In all, there were: fsen events on the programmie, and the form displayed by several of the competitors Was most promising. D. Lyon, whose prowess as a swimmer is well established, won the 225 yards championship. The diving for plates (won by Jack) and the team race (won by the 1st Section) were especially inter- esting, and in the latter event Lieut. Brawn gave special prizes: to the 3rd Section for their good showing-

The following were the officials: -Patron: His Excellency thei Governoi; Officers of the Bong- kong Defence Corps. Judges: Major

Captain Armstrong, Steward and Mt J. Balsion. Referee: Hon. Mr Cland Severn, C.M.G, Starter: Mr R. C. Wit chell. Time keeper: Mr J. Lyon. Working Committee: Sergt. Major Frost, Sergts. Tavlor, Dup- on, Cpl. Jack and Martin, L.- Cpl. Lyon and Lieut. Brawn. Handicapper: Mr R. C.. Witchell.

At the conclusion of the sports:

His Lieutuhant Brawn invited Excellency to give away the awards, but before ding so he said: On behalf of the Cadet Company I have great pleasure. in welcoming His Excellency here today and before I call upon him to present the prizes I will, take this opportunity of thanking all those who assisted to-day in running the sports and also those, who have donated to the sporte: funds. Their generosity is mani- fested on the table. I also thank Mr Severn for the keen interest which he has taken in the Cadet Company since its formation and

I am sure all of us appreciate it. His Excellencythen gave awWAY he prizes to the successful com

titors and at theconclusion said: Commanding officer of the Cad-!: Company, Ladies and Gentlemen: I do not know if you expect me to make a speech to you this evening but I know you will not be so dis appointed if I do not make one as. the bour is so late. I will only say that that I am very pleased at having bad the chance of coming here to-day to see such excellent swimming. I am sorry to say that previous engagements pre- vented me from coming earlier. The officers of the Corps are to be congratulated on the excellent turnout of the born. I am sure all must have thoroughly enjoyed I am the afternoon's sports. much obliged to you for asking me to present the prizes.

Three cheere, followed by a "tiger" for His Excellency, wound

up the proceedings.

The results follow.-

225 Yards Championship.-1.

D. Lvon, 252-15; 2, G. Jack, 3.0.2/5.

High Dive.-1, G. J ck; 2. W. Taylor.

Look Plunge (junior.)—', G. Hedley, distance 33 fr: & in.; 2. E Murphey, distance 32ft. 3 in..

Long Plunge (senior).-1. R. Duncan, distance 65 feet: 2. 8. Garrod, distance 44ft. 3 in,

100 Yards Randicap (Senior) and Junior.)-1, J. Stenham; 2,0 Razavet

50 Yards Championship-1, D. Ogilvie, 40secs: G.Bledles, 40-1/5.

Eece.

Diving For Pit 1, G. Jick, 13 plates; 2. Cropley and File, 12 platen each.

Clotha Race-1. V. Has; 2. R. Y. Frost..

50 Y-rds Hurdle,-1,

Tavier; 2. E Railton.

100 Yards Championship-

1. D. Lyon, 64-1/53:c., 2. G. Jick.

Ladies Nomination, Raca.-1.! G. J ok, nomines Mrs M. J! -Milling 2, V. Hast, nominee Mrs

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50 Yards Handicap-1, J. Stonhan, R Dencan.

Team Rc.No. 1 Section. Duncan, Lyon, Taylor and Hast comprised the tem

SWATOW RETURNS, The total number and tonnage of vessels which entered and cleared, at Swatow during the quarter ended in March 1919 WAR. 467 vessels of 535,537 tons, which, compared with the March quarter of 1918, shows an increase of 65 essels and 56,545 tons. The per- centages of the total were 65.9 per cent. British; 23.2 per cent.. Japanese; 3.6 per cent. Chinese; 5.5 per cent, Norwegian; 10 pez cent. French and 0.3 per cent. American.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE IRISH QUESTION.

London, Oct. 0. The Daily Express" says a Cabinet Committee to drait a new Irish Settlement Scheme has been appointed with Mr. Walter Long as chairman. It includes Mr. Shorts, Sir Auckland Geddes, Lord Birkenhead, Mr. J. Macpherson, Lord French, Lord Fisher, and Sir L. Worthington Evans. The Daily News" Lobbyist points out that the Committee has scarcely begun to work, therefore, detailed schemes al ready canvassed are not drafted by the committee.

Turkey whose ratification of the Peace Treaty technically ends the war is unlikely to ratify before 1920 therefore the Government have several months in which to produce an Irish Settlement on the plan of amending the Home Rule Act which otherwise will automatically come into force at the end of the war.

LORD HALDANE'S RECOLLECTIONS.

London, Oct. 9.

Lord Haldane concluding his recollections in the West- mister Gazette" deals especially with his mission to Berlin in 1912. He refers to his efforts to arrive at an understand- ing more particularly as regards the ambitious German feet programme, but found von Tirpitz exercising an adverse in- duence and steadily gaining power which neither the ex-Kaiser at Bethmann Hollweg were able to withstand. He believes Bethmann Hollweg disapproved at heart of the policy lead- ing to the outbreak of war. Lord" Haldane concludes that Germany les prostrate, not dead and we must prepare by study and organisation against her competition in scien- tific industry. She will not attempt for generations to rebuild on military foundations but there are other fields of activity. He opines the people of both the United States and through- out the Empire are coming to realise this.

BALTIC PROVINCES.

Paris, Oct 5

The Supreme Council yesterday discussed the German reply to the Entente note requiring an immediate evacuation of the Baltic provinces. The assurances given in the Ger- man reply are considered unsatisfactory by the Council and do not agree with the information which has been received from Courland and Lithuania. Charge of preparing an answer to the German communication was entrusted to Marshal Foch who was present at yesterday's sitting decision will be taken to-day with regard to the German proposal of a mixed commission of enquiry into the Baltic provinces. Havas

WAR HONOUR TO PARIS.

Paris, Oct. 5.

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The Croix de Guerre-which has been conferred on the City of Paris will be officially presented by M. Poincare on October 19 at a special ceremony at the Hotel de Ville. All members of the Government will be present together with the Allied Ambassadors. The Allied capitals have beca invited to send representatives and the towns of France already invested with the Croix de Guerre will be represented in the prozessionHavas.

A NARROW ESCAPE.

Madrid, Oct. 9.

Disastrous foods at Valencia nearly caused a train castastrophe which was averted owing to the presence of mind of the engine drivez. As the train was approaching a bridge over the river the driver noticed it quivering and about to colapse. Too late to pull up he put on fullsteam and dashed across the quivering bridge which fell into the raging torrent just when the last coach reached the other side.

FRENCH ELECTIONS

Paris, Oct &

At a meeting of the French Ministry yesterday the bill ixing the date of the elections was discussed and November 16 was chosen for the election of Deputics. The powers

of the present Chamber expire on December 7.-Havas

"FRENCH ACTORS' STRIKE.

Paris, Oct. 3.

After lasting eleven days the Paris stage strike was settled yesterday with M. Lafferre. Minister of Public In- struction and Fine Arts as arbitrator-Havas.

MUTINY ON FRENCH BATTLESHIP.

Toulon, Oct. 9.

A Naval courtmartial sentenced 25 of the crew of the battleship France, who mutinied in the Black Sea to im prisonment ranging from fifteen years to six months.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1919.

TO HARNESS THE YANGTZE.

AN IMPORTANT SUGGESTION.

Sir Charles Parsons in an address before the British Asso- ciation estimated that the water. power of the world was some- where in the neighbourhood of 200,000.000 h.p., and to harness this would cost, he thought; 28,000,000,000. To Mr. Sidusy J. Powell, A. M. Jast. C. E. F.R.G.S.. who has designed a practical solution of Shanghai's harbour difficulties, and whose design for a barbour at Yangtsze Cape is being investigated, we are in- debted for the notes upon which the following article is based. Hej has examined the possibility of improving the navigation of the upper Yangtze River and its potential water power, and his notes are based upon those investigations:

The upper Yangtsze, between Ichang and Chungking, is 400 miles long. In that distance there are 35 rapids and there is a difference in height above sez level of 476 feet, Chungking being G10 ft., and Ichang 134 it. above sea level. In other words, the river between these two places is endeavouring to create a slope of one foot in every 4.450 ft., about | twice as steep as any ordinary river. The slope in the actual bed of the river of course, varies considerably. In fact it is a series of pockets, in some of which there is a depth of over 200 ft., the sides of these pockets being the ridges where the rapids occur, and the narrows or gorges where the river is natrowed down by the precipices through which it has eaten its way. There is a very good reason for this, not solely on account of the huge quantities of water that pass this way, but, also by reason of the fact thas the Ichang Geoge is the

only water outlet for the huge Szechuan which was. formerly

plain.

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UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN TELE-

GRAPE COMPANY, LTD.

The following Unclaimed Tele- grams are lying here --

Wadato, from Tokio. Manyuawing, from Amoy. Ibarabyakusuke, c/o Japanese Consulate, from Osaka.

4102, 6671, Paktat, from Kobe. Abekobei, from Kobe. Cheungnuig, Pottinger Street from Shanghai-

Kusanglee, from Shanghai. Nagase, from Osaka. Robert Carter, St. Georges Hotel, from Kobe.

West

Cheechiang Hoshun. Street, from Shanghai.

Fukuwayu, from Kobe. Onlec, from Kobe. Townsend, from Kobe. Chongwa Tea Club, from Amoy.

Wongfongvic, Taionchan Hotel. from Chefoo.

Tawi

Lan Sin Chuen, 7 Des Voeux Road West, from Kobe. Kaihing, from Amoy. Yungshingtuck, from Shang-

Bungalow, from Yokohama. 265, from Shanghai. B4149, 2435, 13. Poon inland sea with a discharge Yin, Asia Hotel, from Shanghai. of flood water over the compara- tively low hills south of Yun- yangfu, a city in the northwest | corner of Hupeh situated on the river Han. The great Wushan range of mountains extends from the confines of Kueichow and the

eastern Himalayas. along the borders of Szechuan and dies out in the gentle slopes to the south of Yunyangfu.

The discharges of the river at Chungking are as follows:---

cu. ft. per sec.

Average low water Average flood

75,000

Higbest Blood

1,065,000

774.000

The horse power developed by the river with a head of 50 ft. may be stated as follows:-

Average low

H. P. Kilowats.

water ......

430.000 319,780 Average flood 4,400,000 3,282,000 The latter power is 30 per cent. more than the power possibilities of the Niagara Falls, this latter being estimated at 3.250,000 H. P., where the head obtainable is 145 ft.-Chin Crilie.

JAPANESE BEANS.

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Hengsconseng. from Kobe. "

T. KRING. Superintendent, Hongkong. Oct. 10. 1919.

EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRAL- ASIA & CHINA TELEGRAPH Co.

List of Unclaimed Telegrams lying in the E. E. Telegraph. Office at Hongkong:

Allitradca, from London. Duzb, from Pati.

Hammend, 18th Infantry, from Surbiton.

Louise Lacroix. Aster House, from Haiphong.

Nuttall, from Rang angora. Pirij, from Bataiva.

Piresha, from Bombay. Villeta, from New York. Wright, Care Awlik. from Calcutta.

The shipments of Japanese beans of variou- kinds to the United States from Japan during last year amounted in value to $15,889,265. The figures show a fifty fold increase as compared with the returns before the war. The shipmen s to the Caired States this year are also brisk. The reason thereof is that Ameri- can beans have been shipped to Europ in large quantities, with Mos the result that stocks in America ra are running short. During the war Japanese beans were export- ed to Europe inconsiderable quantities, and even at present the shipments to Europe are very active. Reports from the Hok- kaido and other districts in Japan indicate that the hean, barvest prospects this year are bright -

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